I understand Prigozhin doesn't have any previous credentials in the military, but founded Wagner in 2022. His background is one of an incredibly shady character, who formerly did prison time.
After his release from prison in 1990, Prigozhin began selling hot dogs alongside his mother and stepfather in the Aprashaka flea market of Leningrad. From 1991 to 1997, Prigozhin was heavily involved in the grocery store business. Around the same time, Prigozhin became involved in the gambling business. In 1995, Prigozhin entered the restaurant business. Prigozhin personally served food to Vladimir Putin and French president Jacques Chirac when they dined at New Island. In 2012, he received a contract to supply meals to the Russian military worth US$1.2 billion over one year. Some of the profits from this contract are alleged to have been used to start and fund the Internet Research Agency. By this point he owned a private jet and a 115-foot yacht.[41] Prigozhin has been linked to several aircraft since, including two Cessna 182s as well as Embraer Legacy 600, British Aerospace 125 and Hawker 800XP jets. The Anti-Corruption Foundation has accused Prigozhin of corrupt business practices. In 2017, they estimated his illegal wealth to be worth more than one billion rubles. Prigozhin is the self-reported founder of the controversial Kremlin-affiliated private military contractor Wagner Group. On 26 September 2022, Prigozhin stated that he founded the Wagner Group specifically to support Russian forces in the war in Donbas, in May 2014.
I'm taking my information here from what "Simplicius" has said. It still stands that Prigozhin is a 'bookkeeper' and 'event manager' having little actual combat experience himself. He's certainly appears to be a shady character that has been 'allowed' to be free from prison. Wagner itself is composed of mercenaries and recruited prisoners.
On that note, though, let’s explore a few possible options for what could actually be going on.
Prigozhin is working with AFU/SBU/CIA to backstab and destroy Russia, coordinating his actions with them.
Prigozhin is secretly working with Putin to remove the stodgily entrenched Russian command. Notice, not in a single one of his rants has Prigozhin accused Putin or so much as even mentioned his name. There’s a possibility that all this is theater to cause a “conciliatory deal” to be made which will result in the ‘stepping aside’ of Shoigu. Putin has previously “laterally promoted” (in actuality demotions) several big name siloviki in the past. For instance, Sergei Ivanov who was deputy prime minister and presidential chief of staff was “moved” to head some ‘ecological’ department. Could we see Shoigu used as a fig leaf to settle the impasse by “laterally” moving him to some other ostensibly ‘important’ (but actually irrelevant) position?
Everything is actually “as is” and whatever we see on the surface of the conflict pretty much represents what’s really happening.
Putin is not in the military and a former Soviet Intelligence.
Zelensky is a sock-puppet put into place by the DS.
Sergei Shoigu has a long history and worked his way up in a quasi-military organization. In keeping with the militarized nature of Russian civil defense, Shoigu received the rank of major general in 1993 and proceed from there to the position he has now. There's however strong criticism of Shoigu with the SMO though.
I don't know about the FSB theory. This is the first I've heard of that possibility and there isn't any previous indication it is a possibility. In addition, Putin is ex-Intelligence.
I understand Prigozhin doesn't have any previous credentials in the military, but founded Wagner in 2022. His background is one of an incredibly shady character, who formerly did prison time.
After his release from prison in 1990, Prigozhin began selling hot dogs alongside his mother and stepfather in the Aprashaka flea market of Leningrad. From 1991 to 1997, Prigozhin was heavily involved in the grocery store business. Around the same time, Prigozhin became involved in the gambling business. In 1995, Prigozhin entered the restaurant business. Prigozhin personally served food to Vladimir Putin and French president Jacques Chirac when they dined at New Island. In 2012, he received a contract to supply meals to the Russian military worth US$1.2 billion over one year. Some of the profits from this contract are alleged to have been used to start and fund the Internet Research Agency. By this point he owned a private jet and a 115-foot yacht.[41] Prigozhin has been linked to several aircraft since, including two Cessna 182s as well as Embraer Legacy 600, British Aerospace 125 and Hawker 800XP jets. The Anti-Corruption Foundation has accused Prigozhin of corrupt business practices. In 2017, they estimated his illegal wealth to be worth more than one billion rubles. Prigozhin is the self-reported founder of the controversial Kremlin-affiliated private military contractor Wagner Group. On 26 September 2022, Prigozhin stated that he founded the Wagner Group specifically to support Russian forces in the war in Donbas, in May 2014.
Read the bottom of your link.
He claimed he started with Wagner in 2014, not 2014.
It's been fighting in eastern Ukraine and the breakaway republics since 2014. It fights in Africa. It's fought in Syria
I'm taking my information here from what "Simplicius" has said. It still stands that Prigozhin is a 'bookkeeper' and 'event manager' having little actual combat experience himself. He's certainly appears to be a shady character that has been 'allowed' to be free from prison. Wagner itself is composed of mercenaries and recruited prisoners.
On that note, though, let’s explore a few possible options for what could actually be going on.
Prigozhin is working with AFU/SBU/CIA to backstab and destroy Russia, coordinating his actions with them.
Prigozhin is secretly working with Putin to remove the stodgily entrenched Russian command. Notice, not in a single one of his rants has Prigozhin accused Putin or so much as even mentioned his name. There’s a possibility that all this is theater to cause a “conciliatory deal” to be made which will result in the ‘stepping aside’ of Shoigu. Putin has previously “laterally promoted” (in actuality demotions) several big name siloviki in the past. For instance, Sergei Ivanov who was deputy prime minister and presidential chief of staff was “moved” to head some ‘ecological’ department. Could we see Shoigu used as a fig leaf to settle the impasse by “laterally” moving him to some other ostensibly ‘important’ (but actually irrelevant) position?
Everything is actually “as is” and whatever we see on the surface of the conflict pretty much represents what’s really happening.
Putin has zero combat experience.
Zelensky has zero combat experience.
Sergei Shoigu, the Russian Minister of Defence has no combat experience.
So, I don't see why that matters.
I'll check your link out.
Another possibility that you left out is that he's working with elements in Russia like the FSB to take out Putin.
Putin is not in the military and a former Soviet Intelligence.
Zelensky is a sock-puppet put into place by the DS.
Sergei Shoigu has a long history and worked his way up in a quasi-military organization. In keeping with the militarized nature of Russian civil defense, Shoigu received the rank of major general in 1993 and proceed from there to the position he has now. There's however strong criticism of Shoigu with the SMO though.
I don't know about the FSB theory. This is the first I've heard of that possibility and there isn't any previous indication it is a possibility. In addition, Putin is ex-Intelligence.